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Patented Mar. 20, 1951 PRICE TICKET HaddonS. Owen, Framingham,

Dennison Manufacturing Company,

ham, Mass., a corpora Mass., assigner to Framingtion of MassachusettsApplication May 29, 1947, Serial No. 751,375

3 Claims.

and the like and more particularly to tickets which carry not only pricemarks and coded indicia giving a more or less comprehensive descriptionand history of the merchandise, but also performations for facing,sorting and classifying the tickets for accounting and statisticalpurposes, the present application being a continuation-inpart of myco-pending application Serial No. 718,948 led December 28, 1946 nowabandoned.

Heretofore, these tickets have been made in the form of one ticketdivided into two narrow sections by a weakened line, each sectioncarrying the aforesaid indicia, and one section alone carrying thesorting and classifying perforations adjacent the elongate edge oppositethe weakened line, the other section having a space for use in attachingthe ticket to a garment or the like. When the article is sold, the onesection is detached for transmission to the merchandise oilice andaccounting department for facing, sorting and ling, to the garment.Because this type of ticket is often associated with small articles ofmerchandise, the size of the ticket is normally restricted and theprincipal disadvantages of theabovedescribed tickets follow from theresulting restricted size of the ticket sections. Not only is thedetached section of inconvenient size to handle in the facing, sortingand filing operations, but the sorting and classifying perforations mustof necessity be inconveniently small and only one edge of the sectionmay be utilized for sorting and classifying perforations without dangerof seriously weakening the section.

Objects of the present invention are to provide price tickets of thecharacter described which eliminate the above disadvantage, which are ofconvenient size for handling in the facing, sorting and classifyingoperations, which provide adequate space for classifying andsorting'perforations of convenient size without detracting from thestrength and durability of the ticket, and which make possible easy andinexpensiveduplication of each ticket for record purposes, Other objectsof the invention are to provide price tickets of the character describedwhich are quickly and easily attached to an article of merchandise,which are conveniently and easily separated from one another whendesired, which are of simple construction and inexpensive to the othersection remaining attached,

manufacture, and which are pleasing in appearance.

l In one aspect, the present invention involves .a

, 2 i ticket pad comprising a plurality of superposed ticketsinterconnected at one end, certain of the tickets having a weakened linespaced inwardly from their connected end and extending transversely ofthe ticket from one edge to a point spaced inwardly from the oppositeedge and having a cut extending obliquely away from the connected endfrom said point toward the opposite edge of the ticket, and meansat theconnected ends of the tickets for attaching the pad to an article ofmerchandise whereby certain of the tickets may be detached fromthe padalong the weakenedlines and cuts while leaving other of the ticketsattached to the merchandise. While the cut may extend obliquely awayfrom the connected end from said point toward and into communicationwith the opposite edge of the ticket, in this invention the out mayextend approximately to but terminate short of said opposite edgethereby to eliminate any tab point at the edge of the ticket which mighttend to catch on clothing or the like and become bent and unsightly andto impart strength and rigidity to the ticket adjacent itsweakenedportion.

In another aspect the invention involves a price ticket pad comprising aplurality of superposed tickets interconnected at one "end, certain ofthe tickets having a weakened line spaced inwardly from their connectedend` and extending transversely of the ticket from one edge to a pointspaced inwardly from the opposite edge and having a cut extendingobliquely away from theA connected end from said point toward theopposite edge of the ticket, a perforation spaced inwardly of andadjacent the weakened line and the one. edge of the ticket and aperforation at each' corner of the opposite end of the ticket foraligning the ticket with other similar tickets,` each of the ticketshaving a row of coded perforations adjacent to and extending along eachof their edges for sorting purposesV and means at the connected end ofthe tickets for attaching the pady to an article of merchandise.

In a preferred aspect the tickets are long and tickets may have narrowand certain of the perforation spaced inwardly of and adjacent the,weakened line and the one elongate edgeand perforation at each corner'of the opposite end of the ticket for aligning the ticket with other,v

similar tickets, each of the tickets having a row of coded perforationsextending lengthwise of the ticket and adjacent each of the elongateedges for sorting purposes and having a long narrow zone intermediatethe rows of coded perforations for rows of identification indiciaextending According to well known practice, selected openings areextended out to the edge of the ticket by notching the margin of theticket, the selected openings corresponding to characteristics of thearticle. It is to be noted that in the modied embodiment of Fig. 6, theopening It nearest to the connected end `of ticket 2 is spaced asuicient distance lengthwise of the ticket from the extended end of thecut I9 and from the narrow portion I4 to permit the opening to benotched without the notch in any way communicating with said cut ornarrow portion i4. Then, after the tickets have been stacked and facedas aforesaid, all tickets of like characteristics may be separated byneedles inserted through the openings I5 and I6 in a well known manner.

Extending lengthwise of each ticket and intermediate the rows ofopenings I5 and I6 are rows I 3 and I9 of suitable indicia giving incode a comprehensive Ydescription of the merchandise. Intermediate therow of openings I5 and row of indicia I8 of the ticket I, there isprovided a narrow Zone 2l] for the store name extending lengthwise ofthe ticket, and intermediate the row of openings i6 and row of indiciaI9 of the same ticket is a similar narrow zone 2l for advertisingindicia extending lengthwise of the ticket.

Price marks 22 are printed transversely across the opposite end of eachticket between the openings I2 and I3 and enough blank space is left toprint additional price marks inwardly of the marks 22 when an article isre-priced.

From the foregoing it is evident that in use each of the tickets isprinted with the price marks 22, the rows of indicia I3 and I9, thestore name 2i), and the advertising indicia 2I, as desired. The rows ofopenings are notched for the selected classification of the article in awell-known manner as, for example, in the illustration of Figs. 1 and 2,the classification selected is 951,726. It is to be noted that thenotching of one ticket causes a corresponding notch to be made on theother ticket, so that the classincation of ticket I is an exactduplicate record of the classication of ticket 2. The ticket pad is thenattached to the appropriate article of merchandise by means of thestring 5. When the garment is sold, the ticket 2 is detached from thepad, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and is stacked with other similartickets 2 for facing and sorting, as above described. The ticket Iremains on the article and serves as a complete record of the article incase it is lost or mislaid in shipment or is returned for credit.

While in a typical embodiment as herein described the printed matterappearing on ticket 2 is illustrated as printed on the rear facethereof, it is to be understood that. the invention is not to be solimited and that by the simple expedient of interposing a one-timecarbon between the rear face of ticket I and the front face of ticket 2,the printing of both tickets may be accomplished simultaneously by theprinting of the front face of ticket I.

1t is further to be understood that the invention is not limited to apad of two tickets and that a plurality of detachable tickets 2 may beinterconnected to the pad at one end in a similar manner to theinterconnection of ticket 2 of the typical embodiment above described,the printing of the additional tickets v2 being accomplished as abovedescribed with the use of interposed carbon sheets.

Further, it should be understood that the present disclosure is for thepurpose of illustration only and that the invention includes allmodifications and equivalents which fall within the scope of theappended claims.

I claim: l

1. A price tag comprising a pair of superposed price ticketsinterconnected at one end, one ticket having a weakened line spacedinwardly from. its connected end for separating said ticket into a stuband main section, the weakened line extending transversely of the ticketfrom one edge to a point spaced inwardly of the opposite edge and thenceextending obliquely across the adjacent corner of the main sectiontoward said opposite edge of the ticket whereby when the main section isdetached from the stub along the weakened line it has a cut-off cornerfor facing purposes, means at the connected end of the tickets forattaching the connected tickets to an article of merchandise wherebywhen the main section of the said one ticket is detached along theweakened line for facing and sorting purposes the other ticket remainsvattached to the merchandise, said main section having a perforation ineach of the remaining corners for facing purposes, and each of thetickets having a space intermediate their edges for rows of printedidentification indicia, said main section having a row of codedperforations, corresponding in part to said printed identificationindicia, extending along and adjacent each of its edges, thecorresponding portion of the other ticket having corresponding rows ofcoded perforations in registry with the coded perforations of said mainseotion, whereby opportunity is afforded for utilizing each of the edgesof the main section of the said one ticket and the corresponding edgesof the other ticket for said coded perforations and insuring that thecorresponding edges of the other ticket become a facsimile of the mainsection of the said one ticket.

2. A price tag comprising a pair of superposed price ticketsinterconnected at one end, one ticket having a weakened line spacedinwardly from its connected end for separating said ticket into a stuband main section, th weakened line extending transversely of the ticketfrom one edge to a point spaced inwardly of'the opposite edge and thenceextending obliquely across the adjacent corner of the main sectiontoward said opposite edge ofthe ticket whereby when the main section isdetached from the stub along the weakened'line it has a cut-off cornerfor facing purposes, the other ticket extending continuously across saidoblique line,'means at the connected end of the tickets for attachingthe connected tickets to an article of merchandise whereby when the mainsection of the said one ticket is detached along the weakened line forfacing and sorting purposes the other ticket remains attached to themerchandise, said main section having a perforation in each of theremaining corners for facing purposes, and each of the tickets having aspace intermediate theirV edges for rows of printed identificationindicia, said main section having a row of coded perforations,corresponding in part to said printed identication indicia, extendingalong and adjacent each of its edges, the corresponding portion of theother ticket having corresponding rows of coded perforations in registrywith the coded perforations of said main section, whereby opportunity isaorded for utilizing each of the edges of said main section of the saidone ticket and the corresponding edges of the other ticket for saidcoded perforations and insuring that the 7, corresponding.' edges ofthey other ticket become a facsimile of the main section of the said oneticket.

3. A price tag comprising a pair of superposed price ticketsinterconnected at one end, one ticket having a weakened line spacedinwardly from its connected end for separating said ticket into a stuband main section, the weakened line extending transversely of the ticketfrom one edge to a point spaced inwardly of the opposite edge and thenceextending obliquely across the adjacent corner of the main sectiontoward but terminating short of said opposite edge of the ticket wherebywhen the main section is detached from the stub along the weakened lineit has a cut-off corner for facing purposes, means at the connected endof the tickets for attaching the connected tickets to an article ofmerchandise whereby when the main section of the said one ticket isdetached along the weakened line for facing and sorting purposes theother ticket remains attached to the merchandise, said main sectionhaving a perforation in each of the remaining corners for facingpurposes, and each of the tickets having a space intermediate theiredges for rows of printed identification indicia, said main sectionhaving a row of coded perfora- 8, tions, corresponding inpart to saidprinted identifcation indicia, extending along. and adjacent each of.its edges, the corresponding portion of the other ticket havingcorresponding rows of coded perforations inregistry with the codedperforations of said main section, whereby opportunity is aiorded forutilizing each ofY the edges of the main sectionY of the said one ticketand the corresponding edges of the other ticket for said codedperforations and insuring that the corresponding edges of the otherticket become a facsimile of the main section of the said one ticket.

HADDON S. OWEN.

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